Posts tagged Engine 1

2nd Alarm in Laureldale

August 14, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On August 13 just after 11p.m. R1 was dispatched to cover R10 on the structure fire assignment for a reported deck on fire at 1511 Queen St. in Laureldale Boro. At just about the same time Chief 13 struck the second alarm which sent E1, along with several other companies, to the scene. The first arriving crews from Laureldale (Co13 [...]

Vehicle crash kicks off August

August 2, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On August 1 just before 11a.m. Mt. Penn was dispatched to assist Lower Alsace (Co4) on a vehicle crash in the 500 block of Friedensburg Rd. with one vehicle reported on its roof. Arriving units found 2 vehicles involved, one had been parked and the striking vehicle was on its roof just up the street. The occupants were able to get out thems [...]

Sizzling Sunday

July 24, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 23rd just after 9a.m. cooking breakfast quickly got out of control. Mt. Penn was dispatched along with Earl (Co19), Alsace (Co8), Ruscombmanor (Co34), Fleetwood (Co45) and Exeter (Co25) to assist Oley (Co5) on the structure fire at 3339 Friedensburg Rd. The first arriving chief from Oley reported a working fire with fire through the [...]

Friday night heat

July 23, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On July 21 the day was concluded with Mt. Penn and Lower Alsace (Co4) being dispatched for a reported vehicle fire at 250 Endlich Ave. Lt. 1 (Lombardo) arrived and reported a working engine compartment fire. One line with a Navy nozzle was pulled from E1 to extinguish the fire which was held to the engine compartment. As a side note, for t [...]

Antietam Valley Street Fair

June 23, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

Come on out June 24 from 11a.m. to 4p.m. and join the community in the annual street fair. There will be over 50 vendors as well as games, cars and firetrucks! Don’t forget to buy a duck for the race down Antietam Creek or join in the pie eating contest! The weather looks like it is going to be decent with the rain moving out so brin [...]

Summer day sizzling!

June 23, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On June 22 at 5p.m. E1 was dispatched along with Exeter (Co25) to the rear of 2980 St. Lawrence Ave. in St. Lawrence for a trash fire near a pole. Arriving units found a couch and other debris on fire which was quickly knocked down with a single line. Units were able to clear less than 20 minutes later. Courtesy of Terrie Bortz Just [...]

Heads Up for Safe Driving

June 5, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

As we all know, it’s that time of year when school is ending, people are going on vacations and getting outside with the onset of warmer weather. This, of course, leads to more traffic on the roads. We would like to remind you to be safe out there on the roads and pay attention to your surroundings. As of today, in Berks County, the [...]

Training and tour

May 25, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On a recent Tuesday night, the Mt. Penn crew joined up with the crew from Exeter Twp. to take a tour of the new Acrylabs production facility on Prospect St. in St. Lawrence Boro. The facility manufactures a unique roof coating system that can be applied over just about any type of existing roof surface and is renewable which means less debri [...]

Tuesday Training

May 10, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

On Tuesday the 9th we changed it up a bit and the crew went to the Berks County Fire Training Center to practice hoseline advancement. The engine was set up at the hydrant and the crew was divided into engine and truck company, alternating for each evolution. Those assigned engine were given a problem such as basement fire, 3rd floor fire e [...]

Early May Potpourri

May 7, 2017 Written by John Eisenhard

Well, the first week of May is just about over and it has been steady for Mt. Penn. In addition to the structure fires in Oley and Birdsboro we have been dispatched to several other calls during the week keeping us busy. In what could have been a much more serious incident, the structure assignment was sent to the Hollywood Court Apartments [...]

2026
Month	Fire Calls	Total
January	0	0
February	0	0
March	0	0
April	0	0
May	0	0
June	0	0
July	0	0
August	0	0
September	0	0
October	0	0
November	0	0
December	0	0
Totals	0	0

Working Fires	0

2025					470
2024					685
2023					727
2022					683